Thursday, October 23, 2014
Well Equipped Enemy
These are Volksturm militiamen, German home Army 'troops,' in January 1945 being trained in the use of the 3HL magnetic mine against a Panther tank. It was a shaped charge so it blasted molten metal at speed through the armor and into the tank destroying it. But you had to be brave.
Labels: WWII European Theater: German Anti-Tank magnetic mines
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 2:13 PM 
